Gizmodo alumnus Mat Honan got hacked this weekend. It was bad. But that's not the worst part.…
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The Amazon exploit had ben somewhat undersold, even in the Wired piece that explained the process. Most of the focus had been that the last four digits of an account were made available with the exploit. That's true, but the rest of the account was as well, meaning a hacker could wipe out every credit card you had. It could not send the items to a new address—that would require the full account number, but for someone who just wanted to wreak havoc, it would be disastrous.